Novels like A Silent Kindness
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Silent Kindness, best match first.
- 101 The Summer I Turned Nineteen 许你19岁的盛夏 The summer breeze streamed in through the window, and the swaying shadows of the trees danced across the wall. With midsummer approaching, Xu Xiasen walked down a gardenia-scented, tree-lined path in a pure white dress, her long hair falling over her shoulders. “Xu Xiasen!” Chen Mingzhi skidded to a stop on his bicycle, stirring the hair by Xu Xiasen’s ear. She saw the mole at the corner of his eye, making him look as dazzling and spirited as ever. A faint scent of soap mingled with the summer b 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 A Thousand Willow Threads, Tangled by the Spring Breeze 杨柳千丝，春风绊惹 Sigh, what do you think would happen if I turned my secret crush on her into a novel? Aren’t you worried she’ll see it? Wouldn’t that be great? It would mean I’d succeeded. Then I could give her the novel as a love letter. What if she never sees it? Then she never sees it. It was never going to work out anyway. … 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Snow over Donglin: The Phoenix's Lingering Dream 东临雪·凤仪遗梦 Snow over Donglin: The Lost Dream of Fengyi 1.6kReads—Score2114d adds
- 104 Sick of Me 病我 [Rekindled Romance + Entertainment Industry + Mutual Devotion + Healing + Over-the-Top Drama] Female lead with bipolar disorder (Xin Huaiqiu) * gentle, devoted, love-struck male lead (Gu Yunye) One-line summary: My ex-girlfriend is ill, but I still love her. 140Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 105 Master, Keep Punishing Me and I Might Just Turn the Tables 师父，您再罚，徒儿可就反攻了 (Plot-focused! Two male leads!) Title: Nighttime Remonstrance Raised under his master's influence, Gu Wufeng grew into a ruthless, cold-blooded, and heartless man. After his master's death, he took over as leader of Wufeng Hall. Bereft of his master, Gu Wufeng felt that life had lost all meaning, until Leng Xue appeared. In his only disciple, Gu Wufeng saw a reflection of his younger self. One morning, he went to wake him, only to hear him calling for his master in his sleep. The past and presen 561Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 106 Tortured by Love: The CEO’s Enchantress 虐宠，总裁的尤物 [Tragic Romance + Yandere + Obsessive Possessiveness] “Bai Shengsheng, there's nowhere in this world you can go except the palm of my hand...” It's all fun to torment your wife until it's time to chase her back! 20Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 107 Everyone Knows This Secret Except You 除你之外都知道这个秘密 [Scatterbrained little ray of sunshine × sharp-tongued top student] You ask what happened after that. Well, after that… Xiang Nan was once Sheng Gu’s light. When they meet again, Sheng Gu decides to become the one who chases the light. You just stand in the light. I’ll stay behind you and protect you, whether you can see me or not. Xiang Nan watches the sharp-tongued college genius who keeps showing up in front of her every day: “Oh no, why am I starting to fall for him?” “Does he actually lik 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Sweet Beginnings in Midsummer 盛夏有棠 After a devastating family crisis, former good girl Xue Xiaotang tears up her sweet-and-innocent persona and moves to the very back row of the classroom. She takes a laid-back approach to studying, only to unexpectedly find a group of passionate, loyal friends among the so-called bad students. Suddenly, her youth is more lively than ever. An accident sends her crashing into the world of Qi Shengyu, a scheming college student who knows how to put on an act. A sunny upperclassman in public, he's a 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Cinnabar Etched into My Bones 《朱砂烙骨》 Cinnabar Branded on the Bone 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 She Went Mad With Regret After I Was Diagnosed With Late-Stage Stomach Cancer 我胃癌晚期后，她悔疯了 My girlfriend said she wanted to know what it felt like to be a female boss. Without a second thought, I transferred the company into her name. A reporter asked who she was most grateful to on her journey, but she nestled in the arms of a sweet-talking man and smiled coyly. “Big sister, of course I had to help you. It hurts my heart to see you struggle~” I curled up in my hospital bed, the diagnosis of stomach cancer glaring in my hands. Only later did I learn that the sweet-talking man had appr 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Master of His Bed, Light of His Chongli 他的枕席之主，他的重黎之光 [One-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced, physical and emotional angst, uniforms, a light sci-fi space setting, slight coercion, false replacement] Nan Li looked up at Lu Lin, a tear rolling down her cheek. “Lu Lin, please let me go...” A few bolts of lightning flashed across the horizon. The tear caught their light as it fell into Lu Lin's heart, shattering his memories. “Kill me, and I'll let you go!” A short story with a short blurb. 24Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 112 Falling Blossoms Sink into the Starry River: A Song of the Nine Heavens’ Endless Night 落红沉星河：九重天阙长夜歌 [Xianxia romance with angst + a husband-chasing-after-the-funeral story] Immortals and demons cannot coexist, yet the one the Heavenly Queen Yun Zhao has always loved is the Demon Lord Mo Zhuo. As long as she is by his side, he is willing to do anything for her, and considers it a joy. But when he risks death to bear her daughter, Yun Zhao is at another man’s side. Holding their daughter, Su Yan keeps watch beside the iron tree that has not bloomed in ten thousand years. At last, he understands 1.3kReads—Score10214d adds
- 113 I Was Diagnosed With Stomach Cancer, but My Husband Abandoned Me to Pick Up His First Love 我确诊胃癌，老公抛下我去接白月光 His first love kept texting him, telling him to hurry up and divorce me. At first, even though we were married by contract, we were deeply in love. But after his first love returned to the country, he abandoned me again and again. I was already in the final stages of cancer, and when I died, he still didn’t make it in time to see me. I never expected the System to give me another chance at life. Given another chance, I made a different choice. 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Finger Bone 指骨 [Warning: questionable values] I have no name. As far back as I can remember, I've been a dog. Because my sense of smell and hearing are naturally sharp, a human trafficker kept me by his side. No one cared how old I was. I was probably a little older than Song Junlan when I met him. He had been sold to a wealthy family to live as their young master. We met again because I was given a job and offered a huge sum of money: Song Junlan's sister had hired someone to kill him. 35Reads8.5Score714d adds
- 115 You Still Haven't Confessed to Me 你还没跟我告白 [Hot-tempered, possessive troubled boy & sweet, gentle girl] A tragic ending, an angsty campus romance. When they first met, Chi Wen was an exemplary student at No. 16 High School, excelling in both academics and conduct. Bian Qingye, meanwhile, was the fearsome “Ye-ge” from the vocational school next door. Everyone said he was exactly what his name suggested: wild, and wild in everything he did. He changed girlfriends faster than he changed clothes. At that age, what girl wouldn’t want to leav 62Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 116 Her Moods Are as Changeable as the Weather 阴晴不定的她 [Two female leads + rebirth + no male lead + depression + healing + everyday life] [The story switches to third person after chapter 24. The writing in the first few chapters may be a little rough, and some parts may not make much sense.] A depressed, cool beauty x a sunny ray of sunshine Gu Rutang is the piece of chewing gum stuck in Wei Zi’s heart: she can’t shake her off or throw her away… During the years Wei Zi has been ill, she never imagined she’d become what she is now: a madwoman wh 159Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 117 Love Is the Eighty-One Trials: Ten Stories of Love-Struck Souls 爱情就是「九九八十一难」：十个为爱痴狂的故事 [Anthology stories + women's psychology + women's growth] A woman's world isn't made up of love alone, but the ups and downs of love and relationships between men and women have never left women alone. It's like a nightmare, laying traps along every path that doesn't go smoothly, waiting for those consumed by love to step into thin air and fall. Every time a foolish woman wakes from a nightmare, she realizes that life is short, and loving too deeply hurts the most. When all is said and done, a w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 My Love Endures, Brilliant as the Stars 爱慕未停，灿若星晨 Main characters: Wu An and Si Mu [Childhood Friends + Reunited First Love + Slow-Burn, Sweet Everyday Romance] You were my first love. No one I meet from now on could ever compare. *Gifted, youthful little beauty ✖️ Gentle, devoted handsome top student *Cool, aloof beauty of the foreign languages department ✖️ Cold-faced, chaste male idol *Down-on-her-luck heiress ✖️ Heaven’s favored son Si Mu is handsome, brilliant, and outwardly cold but warm inside, gentle and devoted. He seems rational, c 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 She Will Always Belong to the Light of June 她永远属于六月里的光 “The wind I met in September blew for nine months, but never reached the height of summer in June. I hadn’t told you enough times that I loved you. How could you leave yourself behind in that bright June?” Su Wanning died. In June 2025, Lin Yan leaped into the river with Su Wanning’s ashes, clutching his 725-point score report and his admission letter from Qingbei. This was the ending Su Wanning saw after her death. But she suddenly woke up, reborn in September 2024, on her first d 34Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 120 Restarting Life as a Tycoon 重启人生当富豪 He hurried home, bursting with excitement, only for a pleasant surprise to turn into a nightmare in an instant! His wife had betrayed him, and the child wasn’t his. For a time, he became a miserable, browbeaten cuckold who could only grin and bear it. After divorcing, he returned to his hometown to start a business. By a stroke of luck, one good thing after another came his way, along with plenty of romantic opportunities, and all sorts of stories unfolded. Later, he succeeded in animal husbandr 30Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 121 Forever Lost in the Dark River 永坠暗河 [Two male leads + bittersweet angst + reunion after years apart + pure love + love and hate intertwined + BE] I brought you home. I gave you your life and chose your name, so you'll belong to me for the rest of your life. We were two maggots in a heap of rotten mud. We should have rotted together in the mire of the dark river, locked in an endless struggle. But I love you... 461Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 122 The Gentle Beast of Youth 青春里的温柔野兽 [Bickering Couple + Campus Romance + Coming of Age + Second Chance] On my first day as her deskmate, Wen Yun scared me to tears. Later, that fierce boy became the only secret I kept from my youth. We promised to go to college in the same city, but in the summer when the cicadas sang loudest, we lost each other in the crowd. Wen Yun, it took me until later to understand: that summer, I lost more than our promise. I lost the only moon that ever shone in my youth. We didn't even have time to say go 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Childhood Rivals in Love 冤家竹马恋青梅 Ren Beichao had already fallen hopelessly in love with Qin Zhi when she was still a soft, adorable little bundle toddling toward him. His love for Qin Zhi wasn’t love at first sight. It was an uncontrollable love that consumed his whole heart. He would always cherish that summer when she was there. When they were kids, Qin Zhi was always following Ren Beichao around. But in high school, a new boy appeared by her side, and Ren Beichao panicked. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Don't Look Back, or You'll See Your Grave 莫回头，回头见坟头 Don't Look Back, or You'll See Your Grave 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Before It’s Too Late 止于未迟 The moment Duan Zhi said, “This is where it ends,” Cheng Weichi suddenly understood her own name. So “Weichi” meant: Even after you’ve stopped, I’m still asking whether it’s too late. From high school to college, she remembered every “someday” he had ever promised. But he was the first to say goodbye. Only later did she understand: Some people have their endings written into their names. One was called “Zhi,” the other “Weichi.” He had already gone so far, while she was still standing where she’ 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Midsummer Is Eternal 盛夏是永恒 A girl with heart failure × a cold, short-tempered boy Mutual salvation [School-life tragedy] An eternal, unchanging love, yet it was in the brief span of my life that an eternal love was created... The little sun warmed everyone, but in the end, she couldn't escape the endless cycle of summer. Under the stars, she made a wish: "May my Luoluo have peace year after year." Little scenes: "Hey, would you be interested in dating?" "Why are you such a stick-in-the-mud?" "Why is my darling so cute?" " 309Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 127 Waiting for Winter to End, Longing for Spring 等冬尽，盼春来 Youthful Heartbreak | BE Aesthetics | Mutual Redemption | Fated by Life and Death Lose 10 pounds just from reading this [Quiet, Resilient Girl × Wild, World-Weary School Bully] In 2012, in a seaside town, Jiang Sheng and Nan Siye meet in the rundown Nanyang residential compound. She is a silent lamb to the slaughter, bullied by her classmates. Her mother has left home to work, her father disappeared ten years ago and never returned, and she lives under someone else’s roof. He is the school bull 1.6kReads8.2Score50314d adds
- 128 The Beautiful Supporting Actress Is Adored by Powerful Men 漂亮女配被大佬们团宠了 [Everyone's Favorite + Mary Sue + Elite Academy + No Fixed Male Lead in the Main Story] [All Male Characters Are Chaste in Body and Heart + She Attracts Men and Women Alike + A Battlefield of Romantic Rivals] After waking from a dream, Yu Zhujue, heir to a top-tier wealthy family, discovers that she is the vicious female supporting character in a book. The System binds itself to her and urges her to help the male and female leads get together, but the plot starts to veer off course. Her refined, 171Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 One Meal Decides a Lifetime 一餐定一生 Keep reading, and you’re sure to find yourself laughing with joy one moment and crying with emotion the next. At Haifeng Institute of Technology, Chen Xinze, a freshman who looks good only in the eyes of girls, meets Li Wenyi, a junior renowned as the campus belle. Li Wenyi’s odd, carefree antics give Chen Xinze the idea of inviting her out for a late-night snack. After they finish eating, Chen Xinze boldly reaches out his right hand, and, as if possessed, Li Wenyi takes it. While they are both 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Love Makes You Even More Kind 情因你更慈 Volume One: What’s Past Is Past After Lin Shenshen’s background came to light, the relationships among the three of them changed dramatically. Mo Yuanxi went blind saving her, An Yiheng painfully accepted the divorce, and he watched as she was proposed to, became pregnant, and died... Volume Two: The Future Is Yet to Come Twenty years later, Mo Nian had grown up, and An Yiheng increasingly felt that she looked exactly like Lin Shenshen. He was 45, and she was 20: he had spent twenty years by her 241Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The Game of Power 权栖戏 [Political Intrigue ✖️ Spycraft ✖️ Forced Love] [Scheming Against Each Other ✖️ Saving Each Other] The world is unpredictable, and fate can change in an instant. Yan Lepei, the daughter of Yancheng’s lord, is forced to conceal her identity and infiltrate the Quanqi Pavilion as a spy. Shao Quan, master of the Quanqi Hall, is calculating, powerful, and scornful of all things. Yet he cannot help falling in love with his own pawn. Shao Quan: “She is the most capable weapon in my hand, and the person 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Aye, I'm Leaving 阿也，我走了 [Sensitive, self-conscious heroine x gentle, sunny hero] When Lin Zhiyou was six, her father died in a car accident, and her mother raised her alone. After her mother changed jobs, eighteen-year-old Lin Zhiyou transferred to Nancheng No. 1 High School. There, she met Jiang Ye... A sensitive, self-conscious girl falls in love with a gentle, sunny boy, but the wheels of fate have not turned in her favor... 34Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 133 The Final Seventy Days 最后七十天 [Two male leads + tragic ending + unrequited love + healing + quiet everyday life] [Gentle older brother Shen Qingzhou & Huang Yixing, who has albinism] After growing up wild and free in the countryside for twelve years, he was suddenly told he was an illegitimate child. Less than two days after his mother died, Shen Qingzhou was taken to live in the city by his biological father. Six years later, he was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. His final wish in life was to return to the pla 220Reads8.1Score10014d adds
- 134 The Heartbeat from a Past Life: A Fang, You Shouldn't Have Lied to Me 前世的心跳，阿昉你不该骗我 The Heartbeats of Our Past Life: A Fang, You Shouldn’t Have Lied to Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Realm Is Yours, I Return to My Homeland 江山归你，我归故国 Synopsis: [Love at first sight + love unrequited + possessive forced marriage + tragic beauty + devoted to one another, both leads are sexually inexperienced] She is a beloved and honored princess, and he is a mighty general with countless victories to his name. She thought their lives would never cross, but after one breathtaking glimpse, he falls for her at first sight and uses his military power to force her to marry him. As a princess of the realm, she knows she has no freedom to choose whom 226Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 136 My Childhood Friend Ascended the Throne 我的竹马登基了 [Comedy + Zhihu-style storytelling + Ridiculous antics + Strong Male and Female Leads + Childhood Sweethearts + A Little Angst] My name is Gu Xiang, and I’m a celebrated female general. Qi Yan and I have been at odds since we were children. He’s a petty man who loves to kick people when they’re down. As for why Qi Yan loves picking on me so much, it’s because he’s jealous of me. Jealous because everyone loves me and even the flowers bloom when they see me. Chapter excerpt: “Qi Yan, what do you 853Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 137 If Sunshine Embraced Me 如果阳光拥抱我 Adapted from a true story: Even in the darkest, coldest nights, there will always be a light that belongs to you. Reach out and hold on tight. Follow the light, and you will find someone who needs you, someone who can save you. “Gu Mochen and the others all hate me. Am I really that despicable?” “No. You're wonderful. They're the ones in the wrong.” “Then why do they all hate me?” “It's not your fault. The world sees you as unforgivable.” … Gu Mochen swears that he will protect this poor girl, 66Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 138 Brutal Prince, Your Princess Has Run Away Again 残暴王爷，你的王妃又逃了 Gu Jiaojiao loved Duan Heng, but no one in the world knew. Duan Heng detested Gu Jiaojiao and loved someone else with all his heart, and everyone knew it. She carefully hid her feelings, helping him time and again, but all he sent her was a bowl of abortion medicine. With bloodshot eyes after losing her child, Gu Jiaojiao was filled with regret and hatred. “Duan Heng... May we never meet again, in life or death!” Duan Heng's hand trembled. After she disappeared, he searched for her frantically, 192Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 139 Dogwood Blossoms, Every Step in Peace 四照花开，一步一安然 Seven years. That's a very long time, long enough that we might never see each other again. … Yuan Yuan never sticks with anything for long. But when it comes to loving Xia Xinmu, she has remained steadfast day after day, month after month, year after year. Love at first sight, and still a flutter after years together. She fell for him at first sight, captivated by his looks. And he… This was destined to be an extraordinary love. The “sunshine girl” everyone sees. Little did they know that her i 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 I Miss You So Much, But I Don't Know How to Be Reborn and See You Again 我好想你，但又不知道用什么方式重生再见你 I miss you so much, but I don't know how to be reborn and see you again. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 A One-Minute Goodbye 一分钟的告别 On New Year’s Eve, Yan Shu and I held our engagement party. He walked into the hall holding the hand of his long-lost orphanage sister. When Fu Qingqian pretended to trip and shove me, Yan Shu’s livestream had just passed one million viewers. I hit the floor hard. A warm red stream soaked through my white dress. Fu Qingqian wore a mocking smile. “Big Sis, why didn’t you get ready ahead of time if your period was due?” Yan Shu had started to reach out to help me, but he pulled his hand back, his 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 With Terminal Bone Cancer, I Was Driven to Despair by My Cheating Husband 骨癌晚期，我被出轨丈夫逼上绝路 Jiang Shaocheng cheated on me, but I was dying. A pregnant woman moved into our home. I shoved her, and he had me locked up. My bone cancer flared up, the pain unbearable, but I could hear him fooling around with her outside. When she went into labor, they took me away to give her a blood transfusion. I couldn’t hold on any longer. I died on the operating table. By the time they found me, my body had gone cold. I was dead, but Jiang Shaocheng went mad. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 My Husband Lost His Memory After a Car Accident 老公车祸后失忆了 Han Ziyou and I grew up together. He once loved me with all his heart and wanted to lay the very best the world had to offer at my feet. But then he forgot. He fell in love with someone younger and more radiant. Until one day, he got into a car accident while protecting her and suffered a head injury that left him with amnesia. His memories stopped ten years ago. Ten years ago, when he loved me more than anything. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Terminally Ill, I Heard My Scumbag Husband Suddenly Say He Loved Me 身患绝症，渣男老公突然说爱我 During the five years Gu Yanshen and I were entangled, he treated me as a stepping stone for his career, trampling on my talent without a second thought. He sold my paintings for a fortune, but credited them to his innocent-seeming junior sister. He drove me to a mental breakdown, and I slit my wrists to kill myself. He only sneered and called me a drama queen. In the end, my heart grew cold, and I chose to divorce him. But on the day he signed the divorce papers, he got into a car accident and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 After Awakening as a Stand-In, I Beat the Scumbag to a Pulp 替身觉醒后我暴打渣男 After five years together, all I had to show for it was the title of substitute. “Ran-jie came back and reached out to you herself. Why haven’t you dumped Yun Jiuxi yet?” Hidden behind the rooftop door, I listened to their conversation, stunned. “Are you that worried for me?” “Hey, I just don’t want Ran-jie to get jealous.” “Yeah, but now isn’t the time.” He blew out a ring of smoke, his voice cold and casual. “I’m not ready to let her go yet.” “As long as she behaves, there’s no reason I can’t 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 After She Died, the Entertainment Industry Came Crashing Down 她死后，娱乐圈的天塌了 I’m dead. But your nightmare has only just begun. I’m dead, but I’m still watching you. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Day I Regained My Hearing Was the Day We Broke Up: My Ex-Husband’s Long Road to Winning Me Back 复聪之日，亦是决裂之时：前夫，你的追妻路漫漫 Five years ago, I became completely deaf and mute while saving Gu Peichen. “When I thought Heaven had finally taken pity on me and let me hear again, I was planning to surprise him. But in front of everyone at the company, he said he’d had enough.” Gu Peichen’s expression darkened. “Enough! I’ve had enough of you clinging to me. I’ve done all I can to take care of you. What more do you want from me?” I remembered him holding me and saying, “Wanw an, I’ll take care of you for the rest of my life. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 A Twist of Fate! The Heiress of an Aristocratic School 反转人生！贵族学校大小姐 [A sweet-on-the-surface, ruthless-at-heart heroine] [Every word she says is an auspicious blessing] [A feel-good story about the ultra-rich] Lian Qiao left the mountains at eighteen, only to get into a car accident on the way. When she woke up, her biological grandfather had found her, and she had become the primary heir to the Jiang Group, a trillion-yuan conglomerate. The first thing out of her mouth was an auspicious blessing: “Grandpa, are you going to die soon?” Her grandfather, chairman of 158Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 149 A Moment of Splendor, a Moment of Ashes 一念繁华一念灰 Seven years ago, he was a favored son of heaven, while she was an utterly ordinary girl. The two should never have crossed paths, but his stubbornness ruined her life. After seven years in prison, he became the person she hated most. She would spend the rest of her life making him regret it! 176Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 150 Top Student, Don't Hide. The Campus Heartthrob Is Crazy About You 学霸别躲，校草他超爱 Top Student, Don’t Hide. The Campus Heartthrob Is Really Into You 5Reads—Score—14d adds
